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                             Dated 10th April, 2001




                               GALEN HOLDINGS PLC

                                    - and -

                              JOHN ALEXANDER KING







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                          EXECUTIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT
                    DUAL CONTRACT ARRANGEMENT- UK AGREEMENT

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                              ASHURST MORRIS CRISP
                                Broadwalk House
                                5 Appold Street
                                London EC2A 2HA

                               Tel: 020 7638 1111
                               Fax: 020 7972 7990

                          CJC/CLM/KIN04.00001.1892247
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THIS AGREEMENT is made on 10th April, 2001

BETWEEN:

(1)  GALEN HOLDINGS PLC (No. NI7005) whose registered office is at Seagoe
     Industrial Estate, Craigavon, N. Ireland BT63 5UA (the "COMPANY"); and

(2)  JOHN ALEXANDER KING of Apartment 5B, The Anchorage, Crofton Road, Dun
     Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland (the "EXECUTIVE").

THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

1.   DEFINITIONS

     In this agreement unless the context otherwise requires:-

1.1  "APPOINTMENT" means the employment of the Executive under the terms of this
     agreement;

1.2  "ASSOCIATED COMPANY" means a company which falls to be so treated as such
     for the purposes of Statement of Standard Accounting Practice No. 1 of the
     Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales;

1.3  "BOARD" means the board of directors of the Company;

1.4  "BUSINESS DAY" means a day in the course of which the Executive is engaged
     in carrying out the duties of the Appointment or the Overseas Employment;

1.5  "GROUP COMPANIES" means the Company and all subsidiary and associated
     companies of the Company except the Overseas Employer and their
     subsidiaries and associated companies;

1.6  "LISTING" means the admission of the whole of the share capital of the
     Company to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange Limited.

1.7  "OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT" means the employment of the Executive by the Overseas
     Employer under a contract entered into on the date hereof;

1.8  "OVERSEAS EMPLOYER" means Warner Chilcott (Bermuda) Limited;

1.9  "SUBSIDIARY" has the meaning given to it in Article 4 of the Companies
     (Northern Ireland) Order 1986;

2.   TERM AND APPOINTMENT

2.1  The Company shall engage the Executive and the Executive shall serve the
     Company as hereinafter provided. The Appointment shall be deemed to have
     commenced on 1 November 2000 and shall continue subject as hereinafter
     mentioned unless and until terminated by either party giving to the other
     not less than 12 months' previous notice but not in any event so as to
     extend beyond the Executive's 60th birthday.
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2.2  The Executive agrees that, subject to clauses 2.3 and 2.4 below the
     Company, at its absolute discretion, may terminate the Executive's
     employment hereunder forthwith by payment to the Executive in lieu of the
     notice period or the balance thereof if notice pursuant to Clause 2.1 has
     previously been given (such notice period or balance being referred to in
     this Clause 2.2 as the "Compensation Period"), a termination payment ("the
     Termination Payment") equal to:

     (a)  the salary (at the rate applicable at the date of termination of
          employment) to which the Executive would have been entitled during the
          Compensation Period; and

     (b)  a sum equal to:

     A x B

     Where "A" is the cost to the Company of providing the other contractual
     benefits to the Executive under this Agreement in the 12 months immediately
     preceding the Compensation Period; and

     "B" is the length of the Compensation Period expressed in years or
     fractions thereof.

2.3  The Termination Payment shall be divided into equal monthly instalments
     which shall be payable on or before the last day of each month during the
     Compensation Period.

2.4  Without prejudice to clause 12 (restrictions which apply after termination
     of employment), during the Compensation Period the Executive shall be
     subject to a duty, equivalent to the common law duty to mitigate loss, to
     seek new employment(s) and/or engagement(s) so as to limit the amount of
     the Termination Payment payable to him. In the event that during the
     Compensation Period the Executive shall obtain any new employment(s) and/or
     engagement(s) other than the Overseas Employment, the Executive shall make
     full disclosure to the Company of all remuneration or other benefits
     payable in respect of such new employment(s) and/or engagement(s) and the
     instalments of the Termination Payment shall be reduced by the amount or
     value of such remuneration or other benefits payable in respect of the
     Compensation Period.

3.   DUTIES

3.1  The Executive shall perform the duties of Executive Chairman of the Company
     inside the United Kingdom including but not limited to liaising with the
     London Stock Exchange and dealing with corporate finance matters relating
     to the Company.

3.2  During the Appointment the Executive shall perform the duties assigned to
     him and shall well and faithfully serve the Company and use his best
     endeavours to promote the interests of the Company and Group Companies and
     shall obey all reasonable and lawful directions given to him by or under
     the authority of the Board.

3.3  The Executive shall in connection with the Appointment:

     (a)  perform services not only for the Company but also for any of the
          Group Companies without further remuneration (except as otherwise
          agreed) and accept such offices in any of the Group Companies as the
          Company may from time to time reasonably
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          require and if the Executive shall cease to be a director for any
          reason then he may (at the will of the Company) continue as an
          employee only;

     (b)  work at such places within Northern Ireland as the Company may require
          and with the Executive's consent elsewhere in the United Kingdom as
          the Company may require the Company reimbursing the Executive in
          respect of all reasonable relocation expenses;

     (c)  travel to such places inside the United Kingdom by such means and on
          such occasions as the Company may from time to time require and to
          such places outside the United Kingdom (in performance of his duties
          under the Appointment such duties not to be connected with any duties
          under the Overseas Employment) by such means and on such occasions as
          the Company may from time to time require; and

     (d)  make such reports to the Board and/or the Board of its holding company
          on any matters concerning the affairs of the Company or any Group
          Company as are reasonably required.

3.4  The Executive shall work such hours as are reasonable for the proper
     performance of his duties bearing in mind the Executive's obligations under
     the Overseas Employment.

3.5  Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, the Executive shall
     not carry on any duties under the Appointment outside the United Kingdom.

3.6  Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this agreement the
     Company shall not be under any obligation to vest in or assign to the
     Executive any power or duties and may at any time require the Executive to
     perform:-

     (a)  all his normal duties;

     (b)  a part only of his normal duties and no other duties;

     (c)  such duties as it may reasonably require and no others;

     (d)  no duties whatsoever;

     and may from time to time suspend or exclude the Executive from the
     performance of his duties and/or from all or any premises of the Company
     for the period of six months in total at any one time without the need to
     give any reason for so doing but his salary will not cease to be payable
     (in whole or in part) nor will he cease to be entitled to any other
     benefits hereunder by reason only of such requirement as mentioned in
     paragraphs 3.6(b) to 3.6(d) of this clause or such suspension or exclusion
     (unless or until his employment under this agreement shall be terminated).
     During any such suspension or exclusion, if the Company so requests the
     Executive shall be obliged to resign as a director of the Company with
     immediate effect.

4.   HOLIDAY ENTITLEMENT

4.1  During the Appointment the Executive shall be entitled to such holiday as
     may be previously agreed with the Board such being consistent with the
     fulfillment of the Executive's duties
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     under the Appointment (in addition to public holidays) in each calendar
     year January to December at full salary to be taken at such time or times
     as may be approved by the Board and shall coincide with holidays taken
     under the Overseas Employment. The Company undertakes to liaise with the
     Overseas Employer and to use all reasonable efforts to ensure that any
     reasonable proposal put forward by the Executive in respect of holiday
     dates is agreed both by the Company and by the Overseas Employer. Holidays
     not taken cannot be carried over to a subsequent year.


5.   DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

5.1  It is acknowledged that the Executive has entered into the Overseas
     Employment and that the rights of the Company under this agreement are
     subject to his being permitted reasonable time to perform the duties
     thereof.

5.2  The Executive shall not save as:

     (a)  as a representative of the Company; or

     (b)  with the previous approval of the Board (such approval not to be
          unreasonably withheld or delayed); or

     (c)  in respect of the Executive's duties under the Overseas Employment

     during the Appointment whether directly or indirectly paid or unpaid be
     engaged or concerned in the conduct of any other actual or prospective
     business or profession or be or become an employee, agent, partner,
     consultant or director of any other company or firm or assist or have any
     financial interest in any other such business or profession.

5.3  The Executive shall be permitted to hold shares or securities of a company
     any of whose shares or securities are quoted or dealt in on any recognised
     investment exchange provided that:-

     (a)  any such holding shall not exceed three per cent. of the issued share
          capital of the company concerned and is held by way of bona fide
          investment only ("INVESTMENT");

     (b)  the Executive became entitled to such holding in consequence of an
          entitlement to invest arising in consequence of the Appointment or the
          Overseas Employment; and

     (c)  the Executive complies with the Model Code for Securities Transactions
          by Directors of listed companies issued from time to time by The Stock
          Exchange and any other regulations applicable to the Executive details
          of which are available from the Company Secretary.

5.4  The Executive shall disclose to the Board any matters relating to his
     spouse (or anyone living as such), their children, step children, parents
     or any trust or firm whose affairs or actions he controls which, if they
     applied to the Executive, would contravene clause 5.3, to the extent that
     the Executive has actual knowledge of such matters.
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5.5  Subject to clause 3 those business activities of the Executive set out in
     the Schedule 7 declaration to the London Stock Exchange, together with the
     supplementary declarations thereto shall not constitute a breach of this
     Clause 5 or of Clause 12 hereof.

6.   REMUNERATION

6.1  The Executive shall be paid a salary of (Pound) 72,000 per annum or such
     other rate as may be agreed from time to time (the "Salary"). The Salary
     shall accrue from day to day and include any fees or remuneration which the
     Executive would otherwise be entitled to receive by reason of his holding
     any office in the Company or any Group Company. The Salary shall be payable
     by bank credit transfer in equal monthly instalments in arrears on or about
     the last working day of each calendar month to such bank account as the
     Executive may nominate.

6.2  The Salary shall be reviewed annually by the Remuneration Committee of the
     Board.

6.3  In addition to the said salary a bonus shall be paid to the Executive at
     the absolute discretion of the Board (who may suspend or discontinue such
     payments at any time in the interests of the Company whether generally or
     in relation to the Executive) provided that the Board may be free at any
     time to vote to the Executive such additional benefit or remuneration as it
     thinks fit by way of bonus or otherwise without the same being deemed
     thereby for any purpose to become part of the contractual remuneration or
     fixed salary hereunder.

7.   EXPENSES

     The Executive shall be entitled to be repaid all reasonable travelling
     hotel and other expenses properly authorised by the Board and incurred in
     or about the performance of the duties hereunder, which expenses shall be
     evidenced in such manner as the Company may specify from time to time.

8.   BENEFITS

8.1  The Company shall make a contribution of (Pound) 25,000 directly to the
     Connors Chemists Retirement Benefits Scheme for the benefit of the
     Executive, or such other sum as may from time to time be agreed with the
     Remuneration Committee of the Board.

8.2  The Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company's permanent
     health insurance and private health insurance schemes, subject to their
     rules from time to time.

9.   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

9.1  Without prejudice to his common law duties, the Executive shall not use or
     divulge or communicate to any person other than with proper authority any
     of the trade secrets or other confidential information of or relating to
     the Company or any of the Group Companies (including but not limited to
     details of customers, potential customers, consultants, suppliers,
     potential suppliers, designs, product details, future product details,
     prices, discounting arrangements, specific product applications, existing
     trade arrangements, terms of business and those in the course of
     negotiation, operating systems, pricing and fee structures, financial
     information, inventions, research and development activities, scientific
     formulae and manufacturing techniques and processes) which he may have
     created developed received or

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      obtained while in the service of the Company or any of the Group
      Companies. This restriction shall continue to apply after the termination
      of the Appointment howsoever arising without limit in point of time
      including ideas information or knowledge which may come into the public
      domain for so long as the Executive is in a position to use such
      information more readily than others who have not worked for the Company
      PROVIDED THAT nothing in this clause shall prevent the Executive
      exercising his own skill and knowledge after the termination of the
      Appointment.

9.2   The Executive shall not during the Appointment make otherwise than for the
      benefit of the Company or the Group Companies and as may be required for
      the proper performance of his duties pursuant to the Appointment any
      records (whether recorded on paper, computer memory or discs or otherwise)
      relating to any matter within the scope of the business of the Company or
      any of the Group Companies or concerning any of its or their dealings or
      affairs nor either during the Appointment or thereafter use or permit to
      be used any such records otherwise than for the benefit of the Company it
      being agreed by the parties that all such records (and copies thereof) in
      the possession or control of the Executive shall be the property of the
      Company and shall be handed over by the Executive to the Company from time
      to time and on demand and in any event upon the termination of the
      Appointment.

9.3   The Executive shall not during the Appointment speak in public or write
      any article for publication on any matter connected with or relating to
      the business of the Company or any of the Group Companies without first
      obtaining the approval of the Board such approval not to be unreasonably
      withheld or delayed.

10.   INVENTIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS

10.1  The Executive acknowledges that in the course of his employment and as
      part of his duties he may conceive or make, individually or with others,
      certain inventions, ideas, discoveries, developments, writings, designs,
      drawings, improvements and innovations, whether or not patentable, or
      capable of registration (collectively, "INVENTIONS"); and he may develop
      or produce, individually or with others, certain works in which copyright
      and/or unregistered design right will subsist in various media, including
      but not limited to electronic materials (collectively, "CREATIVE WORKS"),
      AND agrees that he will promptly disclose in writing to the Company all
      Inventories and Creative Works.

10.2  "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means patents, trade marks and service marks,
      rights in designs, trade or business names, copyrights (including rights
      in computer software)(whether or not any of these is registered and
      including applications for registration of any such thing) and all rights
      or forms of protection of a similar nature or having equivalent or similar
      effect to any of these which may subsist anywhere in the world.

10.3  The Executive acknowledges that any Inventions or Creative Works and any
      and all Intellectual Property subsisting or which may in the future
      subsist in such Inventions or Creative Works whether or not conceived or
      made during working hours, including, without limitation, those which:

      (a)  relate in any manner to the business of the Company or any of the
           Group Companies or to its or their actual or demonstrably anticipated
           activities; or
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          (b)  result from or are made in the course of the Executive's
               employment by the Company; or

          (c)  involve the use of any equipment, supplies, facilities,
               confidential information, documents, intellectual Property or
               time of the Company or any of the Group Companies,

          will on creation vest in and be the exclusive property of the Company
          in the United Kingdom or any other part of the world and where the
          same does not automatically vest as aforesaid the Executive agrees at
          the Company's request and expense to assign the same to the Company
          (or as it may direct) or in the case of any future copyright in the
          same the Executive hereby assigns such copyright to the Company.

10.4      The Executive agrees that, without limitation to the foregoing:-

          (a)  any Invention disclosed by the Executive to a third person or
               described in a patent or registered design application filed by
               the Executive or on the Executive's behalf; and

          (b)  any Creative Work disclosed to a third person, published or the
               subject of an application for copyright or other registration
               filed by the Executive or on the Executive's behalf,

          during or within six months following termination of the Appointment
          will be presumed to have been written, developed, produced, conceived
          or made by the executive during the Appointment, unless proved by the
          Executive to have been written, developed, produced, conceived or made
          by the Executive following the termination of the Appointment.

10.5      The Executive hereby irrevocably waives any rights which he may have
          in the Inventions or the Creative Works which are or have been
          conferred on him by chapter IV of part I of the Copyright, Designs and
          patents Act 1988 headed "Moral Rights" and by any other laws of a
          similar or equivalent nature in any of the countries of the world.

10.6      The Executive will also, at the Company's request and expense, execute
          specific assignments of any Invention or Creative Work and execute,
          acknowledge and deliver such other documents and take such further
          action as the Company may require, at any time during or subsequent to
          the period of the Appointment, to vest or evidence title in Inventions
          or Creative Works in the Company (or as it may direct) and subject to
          the Executive being indemnified against all reasonable costs and
          expenses to use his best endeavours to obtain, maintain and defend the
          Intellectual Property in the Inventions or Creative Works in any and
          all countries or to otherwise give effect to the provisions of this
          agreement.

10.7      The Executive HEREBY IRREVOCABLY APPOINTS the Company to be his
          attorney in his name and on his behalf to execute and do any such
          instrument or thing and generally to use his name for the purpose of
          giving to the Company or its nominee the full benefit of the
          provisions of this clause 11 and acknowledges in favour of any third
          party that a certificate in writing signed by any Director or the
          Secretary of the Company that any instrument or act falls within the
          authority hereby conferred shall be conclusive evidence that such is
          the case.

10.8      The Executive shall not knowingly do or permit to be done any act or
          knowingly omit to do any

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          thing which the Executive is aware (or ought reasonably to be aware)
          might imperil, jeopardise or prejudice any of the rights referred to
          in this clause 11 or which might invalidate or prejudice any
          application made by the Company for a patent, registered design,
          copyright, design right or other similar right in any part of the
          world.

11.       RESTRICTIONS AFTER TERMINATION

11.1      The Executive covenants to the Company (for itself and as trustee for
          each of the Group Companies) that he shall not for the following
          periods after the termination of the Appointment howsoever arising
          (but excluding repudiatory breach of this agreement by the Company)
          save with the prior written consent of the Board which shall not be
          unreasonably refused or delayed directly or indirectly, either alone
          or jointly with or on behalf of any person, firm, company or entity
          and whether on his own account or as principal partner shareholder
          director employee consultant or in any other capacity whatsoever:-

          (a)  for six months following termination in the Relevant Territory
               and in competition with the Company or any of the Relevant Group
               Companies engage, assist or be interested in any undertaking
               which provides services/products competitive with those provided
               by the Company or any of the Relevant Group Companies in the 12
               months prior to termination and with which the Executive was
               concerned in the said period of 12 months;

          (b)  for three months following termination in the Relevant Territory
               solicit or interfere with or endeavour to entice away from the
               Company or any of the Relevant Group Companies any person, firm,
               company or entity who was a customer of the Company or any of the
               Relevant Group Companies in the 12 months prior to termination
               and with whom the Executive was concerned or had personal contact
               in the said period of 12 months;

          (c)  for six months following termination in the Relevant Territory be
               concerned with the supply of services/products to any person,
               firm, company or entity which was a customer of the Company or
               any of the Relevant Group Companies in the 12 months prior to
               termination where such services/products are in competition with
               those services/products supplied by the Company or any of the
               Relevant Group Companies in the said 12 month period, with which
               supply the Executive was concerned in the said period of 12
               months;

          (d)  for six months following termination offer to employ or engage or
               solicit the employment or engagement of any person who
               immediately prior to the date of termination was a member of the
               senior management team of the Company or any of the Relevant
               Group Companies and with whom the Executive worked in the 12
               months prior to termination (whether or not such person would
               commit any breach of their contract of employment or engagement
               by reason of leaving the service of such company); and

          (e)  represent himself as being in any way connected with or
               interested in the business of the Company or any of the Relevant
               Group Companies other than in his capacity as a shareholder of
               any such company.

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11.2  Each of the obligations contained in this clause constitutes an entire
      separate and independent restriction on the Executive, despite the fact
      that they may be contained in the same phrase and if any part is found to
      be unenforceable the remainder will to the extent legally permissible
      remain valid and enforceable.

11.3  While the restrictions are considered by the parties to be fair and
      reasonable in the circumstances, it is agreed that if any such
      restrictions should be judged to be void or ineffective for any reason but
      would be treated as valid and effective if part of the wording thereof
      were deleted or the period thereof reduced or the area thereof reduced in
      scope, the said restrictions shall apply with such modifications as will
      be necessary to make them valid and effective.

11.4  The Executive agrees that he will at the request and cost of the Company
      enter into a direct agreement with any of the Group Companies under which
      he will accept restrictions corresponding to the restrictions contained in
      this clause (or such as will be appropriate in the circumstances) in
      relation to such Group Company PROVIDED THAT any such direct agreement
      will not impose any greater or more onerous restrictions on the Executive
      than those contained in this agreement.

11.5  The provisions of this clause will not prevent the Executive from holding
      an Investment.

11.6  For the purposes of this clause:-

      (a)   a "RELEVANT GROUP COMPANY" means any of the Group Companies for
            which the Executive has performed services or in which he has held
            office during the 12 months immediately preceding termination and,
            if applicable, their predecessors in business during such 12 month
            period; and

      (b)   "RELEVANT TERRITORY" means the area constituting the market of the
            Company or any of the Relevant Group Companies for products and
            services with which the Executive shall have been concerned in the
            period of 12 months prior to termination.

12.   TERMINATION BY EVENTS OF DEFAULT

      The employment of the Executive may be terminated at any time by the
      Company by notice but with immediate effect and without liability for
      compensation or damages:-

      (a)   if the Executive is guilty of any gross default of his obligations
            hereunder or grave misconduct in connection with or affecting the
            business of any Group Company; or

      (b)   in the event of any repeated breach or non-observance by the
            Executive (after a warning in writing) of any of the stipulations
            contained in this agreement; or

      (c)   if the Executive has an interim receiving order made against him,
            becomes bankrupt or makes any composition or enters into any deed of
            arrangements with his creditors; or

      (d)   if the Executive is convicted of any criminal offence punishable by
            imprisonment (other than an offence under road traffic legislation
            in the United Kingdom or elsewhere for which a fine or non-custodial
            penalty is imposed); or


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     (e)  if the Executive shall have committed any act of dishonesty or gross
          misconduct or any conduct tending in the reasonable opinion of the
          Board to bring the Company or any Group Company into disrepute; or

     (f)  if the Executive becomes prohibited by law from holding the office of
          director in any company; or

     (g)  if the Executive resigns as a director of the Company or any Group
          Company otherwise than at the request of the Company.

13.  INCAPACITY

     If the Executive shall be incapacitated during the Appointment by
     ill-health or accident from performing his duties hereunder for an
     aggregate of 180 days or more in any period of 12 months the Company may by
     written notice to the Executive forthwith (or as from a future date
     specified in the notice) discontinue payment in whole or part of the
     remuneration under clause 6 hereof until such incapacity shall cease or
     (whether or not his remuneration shall have been discontinued as aforesaid)
     determine the Appointment. Subject as aforesaid the said remuneration shall
     continue to be payable to the Executive under clause 6 notwithstanding such
     incapacity but the Company shall be entitled to set off or deduct therefrom
     the amount of any sickness or other benefit to which the Executive is
     entitled under Social Security legislation for the time being in force.

14.  OBLIGATIONS UPON TERMINATION

     Upon the termination of the Appointment howsoever arising the Executive
     shall:-

14.1 at any time or from time to time thereafter upon the request of the
     Company, resign without claim for compensation (save for any claim in
     respect of a breach of the terms of this Agreement) from:-

     (a)  all offices held in the Company or any of the Group Companies; and

     (b)  membership of any organisation and any office in any other company
          acquired by reason of or in connection with the Appointment;

     and should he fail to do so the Company is hereby irrevocably appointed to
     be the Executive's Attorney in his name and on his behalf to execute any
     documents and to do any things necessary or requisite to give effect to
     this clause;

14.2 deliver to the Board all documents (including, but not limited to,
     correspondence, lists of customers, notes, memoranda, plans, drawings and
     other documents of whatsoever nature and all copies thereof) made or
     compiled or acquired by the Executive during the Appointment and concerning
     the business, finances and affairs of the Company or any of the Group
     Companies or customers.

15.  RECONSTRUCTION AND AMALGAMATION

     If at any time the Executive's employment is terminated in connection with
     any reconstruction
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      or amalgamation of the Company or any of the Group Companies whether by
      winding up or otherwise and the Executive receives an offer on terms which
      are similar in all material respects to the terms of this agreement from a
      company involved in or resulting from such reconstruction or amalgamation
      the Executive shall have no claim whatsoever against the Company or any
      such company arising out of or connected with such termination.

16.   NOTICES

      Any notice to be given hereunder shall be in writing. Notices may be given
      by either party by personal delivery or post or by fax addressed to the
      other party at (in the case of the Company) its registered office for the
      time being and (in the case of the Executive) his last known address and
      any such notice given by letter or fax shall be deemed to have been served
      at the time at which the letter was delivered personally or transmitted or
      if sent by post would be delivered in the ordinary course of post.

17.   PREVIOUS CONTRACTS

      This agreement is in substitution for any previous contract of service
      between the Company or any of the Group Companies and the Executive which
      shall be deemed to have been terminated by mutual consent as from the
      commencement of the Appointment.

18.   PROPER LAW

      This agreement shall be governed and construed in all respects in
      accordance with the laws of Northern Ireland and the parties submit to the
      non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Northern Ireland in
      determining matters arising under it.

19.   CONSTRUCTION

19.1  The headings in this agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall
      not affect its construction.

19.2  Any reference to a statutory provision shall be construed as a reference
      to any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof (whether before or
      after the date hereof) for the time being in force.

20.   STATUTORY INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE 1

      Schedule 1 hereto (in addition to this agreement) constitutes a written
      statement as at the date hereof of the terms of employment of the
      Executive in compliance with the provisions of the Employment Rights
      (Northern Ireland) Order 1996; it does not form part of the contract of
      employment and may be varied by the Company by notice in writing to the
      Executive of any changes applicable to his employment.

IN WITNESS whereof this agreement has been executed as a deed on the date first
before written.
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Signed as a deed by the said                 )
JOHN ALEXANDER KING                          ) /s/ illegible signature
in the presence of:-                         ) --------------------------

                    /s/ illegible signature



Signed by                                    )
duly authorised for and on behalf of         ) /s/ illegible signature
GALEN HOLDINGS PLC                           ) --------------------------
in the presence of:-                         ) Director

                    /s/ illegible signature


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                                   SCHEDULE 1

1.   The Executive has been continuously in the employment of the Company
     (including reckonable service with any of the Group Companies) since 1979.

2.   Rate of remuneration and the intervals at which it is paid are contained in
     clause 6.

3.   There are no specific terms and conditions relating to hours of work except
     as provided in clause 3.4.

4.   The terms and conditions relating to holidays are contained in clause 4 and
     those relating to sickness are contained in clause 13.

5.   Particulars as to the length of notice to terminate are contained in clause
     2.

6.   Particulars as to the work for which the Executive is employed are
     contained in clause 3.

7.   Subject to clause 3.3(b) the Executive's place of work at the date of this
     schedule is Craigavon.

8.   There are no disciplinary rules applicable to the Executive except as
     provided in this agreement and if the Executive is dissatisfied with any
     disciplinary decision he should apply orally or in writing to the Board.

9.   Any application for the purpose of seeking redress of any grievance
     relating to the Executive's employment should be made either orally or in
     writing to the Board.

10.  A contracting-out certificate is not in force in respect of the Executive's
     employment.

11.  Details of the Executive's work under the Appointment outside the UK are
     contained in clause 3.3.